PAIS v. KIJAKAZI

No. 21-1948.

52 F.4th 486 (2022)

Jose PAIS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Kilolo KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner, Social Security Administration, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

November 1, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Spunzo , with whom Green & Greenberg, was on brief, for appellant.

Timothy Sean Bolen , with whom Zachary A. Cunha , United States Attorney, Michael J. Pelgro , Regional Chief Counsel, Social Security Administration, and Ronald W. Makawa , Special United States Attorney, Social Security Administration, were on brief, for appellee.

Before Kayatta, Lipez, and Thompson, Circuit Judges.


Today's case brings to mind a particularly useful adage: He who hesitates is lost. Counsel for Jose Pais appeals from the district court's denial of his motion for attorneys' fees, which he filed over two years after successfully representing Pais before both the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the district court...

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